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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

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The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

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I grew up at my grandmother's house and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. ↗

— Elton John

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I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens. ↗

— Elton John

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Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. ↗

— Thomas Kincade

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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

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I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house. ↗

— Franz Schubert

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